{"id":901089,"date":"2026-09-19T01:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901089\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T01:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:16:11","slug":"converse-apologizes-for-ad-compared-to-kkk-lynching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901089\/","title":{"rendered":"Converse Apologizes for Ad Compared to KKK, Lynching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260918_0ae9b2e6f2894cb8b2398fd2b6a722be\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:106638cb-fb39-4a52-a3f4-b75b7afbd518\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0ae9b2e6f2894cb8b2398fd2b6a722be_md.jpg\" alt=\"converse racist ad\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Converse has apologized and pulled a controversial ad after critics compared the imagery to the Ku Klux Klan and lynching.<\/p>\n<p>The ad, part of Converse&#8217;s global Chuck 70 X campaign featuring K-pop star Karina, showed her holding a pair of black sneakers. The lighting and positioning made it look like the black shoes were dangling beneath a large, pointed piece of white fabric that some folks said looked like a Klan hood.<\/p>\n<p>The image quickly sparked outrage online, with critics saying the hanging shoes evoke lynching imagery.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260918_ff3d498decd1479d99ff4e08abaec442\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:106638cb-fb39-4a52-a3f4-b75b7afbd518\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ff3d498decd1479d99ff4e08abaec442_md.jpg\" alt=\"converse shoe reactions x 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Converse removed the ad from its social media accounts and other platforms &#8230; and apologized for the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The company said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/footwear-news\/sneaker-news\/converse-campaign-ad-kkk-lynching-comparisons-apology-1239244502\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Footwear News<\/a> it understands why the image was &#8220;deeply upsetting,&#8221; acknowledged it &#8220;got this wrong,&#8221; and vowed to do better.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no indication Converse intended to reference the KKK or lynching, but critics are questioning how the images made it through the company\u2019s approval process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Converse has apologized and pulled a controversial ad after critics compared the imagery to the Ku Klux Klan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-901089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}